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Dezeenwire: architecture critic Jonathan Glancey writes about his visit to Masdar, the zero-carbon city by Foster + Partners under construction in Abu Dhabi. The Guardian See our story on the first completed building in Masdar » See our story on Foster + Partners masterplan for Masdar » See all our stories about Foster + Partners » </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Photographer José Campos has sent us some images of a social centre in Brufa, Portugal, by Portuguese studio Imago. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Milan 2011: London studio Doshi Levien will present this chair with a tubular base and cantilevered arms for Italian design brand Cappellini at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan this week. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Belgian studio Room & Room opened this apartment in a listed Bruges building to the attic above, then opened the attic to the sky. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Danish architecture studio Adept has used customised curved bricks to clad the five-storey Theodora House housing block alongside the Elephant Gate at the Carlsberg Brewery in Copenhagen. Read more View the full article

Fashion and technology: sports brands like Nike and Adidas have been leading "technological innovation" in shoe design but the fashion industry is finally beginning to wake up to the possibilities of digital technologies, says Rem D Koolhaas, co-founder of footwear brand United Nude (+ interview). (more...) View the full article

London Design Festival 2010: London interior designers and stylists Studio Toogood launch their inaugural furniture and lighting lighting collection made from a mixture of stone, wood and brass inside a west London garage this week. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

British architects NEX have designed this cubed timber pavilion for the Chelsea Flower Show in London with the same structural form as a leaf. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Surveillance culture and climate change are the focus of the campaign for band The 1975's latest release, which features augmented reality, neural networks and glitchy graphics. Read more

Manhattan firm Andre Kikosi Architect installed a folding Corten steel façade to transform this disused New York warehouse into a market and music venue. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Comments update: Kanye West's Yeezy collection for Adidas – described by the rapper himself as the world's "first solutions-based" clothing line – was the most commented story this week. (more…) View the full article

Designer Bruce Munro has laid out 600,000 CDs on the grass in a Wiltshire field in the UK. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

MVRDV co-founder Jacob van Rijs explains how the staggered formation of his firm's Haus am Hang in Stuttgart gives every floor its own outdoor space in the latest movie from our exclusive series (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

Pomo summer: Memphis Group founding member Michele De Lucchi has designed a ribbed aluminium coffee moka for Alessi, which will launch during London Design Festival 2015. (more…) View the full article

This narrow staircase with alternating steps is one of a pair installed by French studio MAAJ Architectes in a Parisian apartment. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

A collection of 30 dinner plates designed by Albert Schrurs of Allegory combine to create a map of France showing the location of the country’s Michelin-starred restaurants. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Milan 2011: Dezeen, Jawbone and industrial designer Yves Behar have teamed up to invite readers to create tracks for an audio installation at Ventura Lambrate in Milan next month. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

KINO Architects of Japan have completed this four-storey timber and concrete house in Tokyo with balconies on each level. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Cologne 2011: London designer Harry Thaler‘s Pressed Chair is one of two joint winning projects in this year’s [D3] Contest, an international competition for young designers organised by imm cologne. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Check out the latest issue of Dezeen Mail for all the best stories and comments from Dezeen, including a hut grown from cherry trees over 100 years, a glass bedroom in the forest, a library concealed under firewood and a “haunted” Japanese house. There’s also an update from Dezeen Wire, the latest movies on Dezeen Screen, all our new competitions and jobs and an invitation to our party in Barcelona tonight. Take a look at it here. Dezeen Mail is sent out every couple of weeks and you can subscribe here. </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This Central Institute of Technology (CIT) building in Perth, Western Australia by Lyons and local practice T&Z has a copper, silver and coloured metal panel facade. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Production designer Mark Digby explains why he selected an inconspicuous 1960s university library as the location for sci-fi series Devs, which was created by Ex Machina and 28 Days Later writer Alex Garland, instead of ultra-futuristic buildings in Silicon Valley like the Apple Park. Read more View the full article

Our third daily TV show from Dezeen Studio in Milan features Tom Dixon showing us the mini-factory he’s set up at MOST to make furniture that will be given away to the public, while Paola Antonelli, design curator at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, gives us her tips for the key shows at Milan this year. We also have a report from the Hacked Milan show at La Rinascente and Hanna Nova Beatrice of Form magazine tells us about the vibrant design scene in Scandinavia. There’s also a chance to win a Jambox as well as our latest (highly inaccurate as it turns out) weather report. (more…) View the full article

Moving on to the five most popular stories of October 2010, Homemade is Best, a cookbook featuring pictures of ingredients laid out in patterns for IKEA, was in at number one. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

A music recital room resembling a Japanese tea house hangs like a lantern in the garden of a residence northwest of Washington DC. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article